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Daily Archives: August 8, 2014
Building a Rubber Band Gatling Gun
This is a very well done write-up on building a hand cranked rubber band gatling gun. A while back I mentioned on for $100. But this is much better and you can build it with kids. Roughly, I think the … Continue reading
Posted in Cheap, Teaching and Learning, Tinkering, woodworking
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Nice write-up on using GBRL for CNC
I have heard of several folks using GBRL, arduino code for converting gcode into stepper control for CNC, but not too many step by step write-ups on how to do it. http://www.instructables.com/id/My-GBRL-cnc-controller-with-Arduino/
Posted in Arduino, CNC/3D-printing
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Need to encrypt a file to send over email, use Minilock
Sounds like its a simple (free) tool that you can use to encrypt a file and send it to someone. Worth looking at in the future. http://gizmodo.com/this-tool-makes-encrypting-files-as-easy-as-locking-you-1615667452 https://minilock.io/
Posted in Security
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Wow, no wonder people hate calling call centers
Interesting article about Com Casts call centers and all the “steps” they have to run thru to try and keep you from canceling your account. My 2 cents, I would stop they person on the phone right away and tell … Continue reading
Xerox moving into SC’s SNAP (Food Stamp) program
Sounds like Xerox is making moves to take over South Carolina’s SNAP program. It currently manages SNAP for several other states, so it makes sense to continue to take it over for other states. http://www.govtech.com/health/New-SNAP-EBT-System-to-Help-South-Carolina-Combat-Waste-Fraud-and-Abuse.html
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Plan on retiring from Xerox, think again
If you work from Xerox, and was planning on retiring from Xerox with a pension, you maybe in for a rude awakening. Article states that Xerox, like many other companies these days, has discontinued its pension program. http://www.businessinsurance.com/article/20140806/NEWS03/140809891?tags=|63|307|70|82
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Xerox Medicaid having growing pains
Article points out that Xeroxs move into low end services for the government health care is not going as smoothly as one would like. http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/money/business/2014/08/03/xeroxs-medicaid-business-struggles/13551405/
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Xerox sure has a problem loosing data
For a company that is moving into services such as data processing, Xerox sure has a problem keeping track of data. In this case a report on speeding cameras in Baltimore shows that perhaps the speedlimit is too low in … Continue reading
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Xerox data analysis helps cut down Hospital Visits in WY
Interesting article, but no meat on how they cut costs, and where those costs went. In other words, it sounds more like Xerox just looked at repeat customers and pawned them off to other doctor offices (i.e., passed the cost … Continue reading
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How to hack Xerox and other Office MFD’s
Video presentation by Irongeek on how to hack an MFD, seems to really get into the Xerox systems too. Only issue I had was he did not give credit to those that had already found the issues he was using. … Continue reading
Posted in Printer Security, Security, Xerox
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